A biography for Ari Shaffirhasn’t been written yet.
“I got an award for Most Improved Player for volleyball in tenth grade that I cared about a lot.”
“That anonymity that comes with talking in front of a crowd of people you've never met allows you to reveal anything, because you don't really have to associate with any one of them.”
“I grew up so conservative. I grew up as an orthodox Jew.”
“I think you're a comedian as soon as you start. I don't think there's a moment where you become a full comic.”
“No one's telling Tarantino what to do. You might like it or you might not like it, but the reality is he's getting his own vision out there.”
“I'm not intentionally dirty. It just kind of happens. It's not like I'm a shock comic who's looking to walk people.”
“Stage fright is a real thing. It's debilitating to some people.”
“The fact that I didn't believe in God was something that I just didn't consider. And then when I did, it was like, 'Oh yeah, I'm out.'”
“My father said that I was lower than a dog, because even a dog believes in God.”
“The biggest thing I lost when I left religion was that sense of community and the culture. It was an unexpected kind of free-falling. When I was in it, I didn't understand how much the community was a part of my life.”
“It's all about the art. It's not about getting on TV or not getting on TV.”
“I know how lazy I am. So if I have to go somewhere else I can't get to easily, I talk myself out of it.”
“I used to get a lot of death threats. After a while I realized that no one's gonna do anything or they would've.”
“I love doing my podcast, but it's not my art form. I don't have to work on it. It's off the cuff.”
“I was playing basketball, and I had hemorrhoids in high school.”
“I'm pretty much only friends with comedians.”
“I never had good grades until I dropped out of religion. And then suddenly, my grades went up.”
“I'm a cultural Jew, I was raised with it, so I'm still into it, like gefilte fish with kugel.”
“Leonard Cohen kept his Jew name. He's so cool. It's too bad he died.”
“Get out of people's way and let them be who they are. If they make a mistake, fine, that's on them.”